Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!decuac!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: owens-christopher@YALE.EDU (Christopher Owens) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Making a Line Busy Message-ID: Date: 12 Oct 89 16:05:39 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 12 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us I have a two-line residential installation in which calls hunt to the second line if the first line is busy. Periodically I want to force all calls to the second line. What is the correct way to make a line busy? I know that leaving the phone off the hook ties up CO equipment and can cause a trouble flag to drop on the line. Dialling some other number and leaving both phones off hook seems like overkill. Is there any other way? [Moderator's Note: Call forwarding would do the trick. Forward line one to line two. Of course, unless you have unmeasured local service, you will pay a unit each time a call is forwarded. Maybe it is worth it to you. PT]